Indiana Pacers: It was a great 12 minutes while it lasted. And by lasted, I mean the Pacers having a 28-21 advantage at the end of the first quarter, the crowd going buck wild, and Larry Bird chuckling to himself, "these guys aren't soft at all"

And then the rest of the game happened.

Miami kicked it up a notch and overcame an 11 point deficit on their way to outscoring the Pacers every single quarter the rest of the way.

As for Indy, it's not even like they shot poorly (48% from the floor), they still managed to outrebound the Heat, got more free throws, and everything else the home team should.....they just let the two players you should contain the most go off for crazy numbers, and 22 turnovers didn't exactly help their movement either.

"Chris Bosh is an awesome basketball player, but when he goes down, that
just means more touches for LeBron and Wade," Coach Vogel said. "That's not
exactly an advantage. More like addition by subtraction. Can't wait for them to trade Bosh this summer. FML"

David West hates children

So now, the Heat await the winner of the Philly/Boston series. I'm hoping Boston wins just so the Heat actually get somewhat of a challenge in the ECF.

By the way, ABC's promo poster for the Heat looks great:

As for the Indy fans.....oh boy.

Good to see that Harry and Lloyd decided to make an appearance!

Weekend's Upcoming Games:

SATURDAY:

Boston vs. 1776'ers, 8:00 PM ET: A betting man would put money on the Celtics to close this one out at home. What say you KG?

Can you imagine being roommates with this guy on the road? Yikes

SUNDAY:

Spurs vs Thunder, 8:30 PM ET: Literally counting down the hours till tipoff. But I'm probably just more excited to see if this Laker fan in the pic below will make a comeback:

I thought for sure they'd have Thunder/Spurs on ABC, but then realized they're not interested in small market teams. Finally, a quality match up in this year's Playoffs and they don't show it while they showed basically every Lakers game. Thanks, ABC!

By the way, I think Ginobili is one of the best all-around players ever. I know a lot of people hate him, but I love his game.

Even with Thunder's "big 3" getting theirs, Spurs are taking care of business and making it look easy. It's unreal how good they are this season. I can't believe I'm even considering the possibility they might sweep Thunder.